ASTOUNDING aerial, comedy, vaudeville, burlesque and variety acts from America, Paris and Berlin are coming to fundraise for the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall in Glasgow this month in association with the Seattle Moisture Festival.

The team behind the Washington-based festival are descending on Glasgow, and they are bringing friends from Berlin and Paris; not just to entertain, but to help raise money for the conservation of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall on the Trongate – the oldest surviving music hall in the world.

Burlesque artists will take to the stage at The Panopticon (Image: John Cornicello)

The tribute to variety theatre will feature burlesque acts, vaudeville tributes, clowning and aerial acts across venues including Oran Mor, The Briggait and, of course, The Panopticon itself.

Tickets for most of the events and rarely go over £10 - so that's entertainment at a purse friendly price. There are shows just for adults and fun for all the family involved in the fundraising festival.

Visiting stars include The Velone Sisters (aerial performers), Fyodor Karamazov (juggler from The Flying Karamazov Brothers!) Hacki and Moeppi Ginda (an incredibly creative, father and son clown duo from Berlin), Sandy Neale (the singing, roller-skating blonde bombshell) and Ron W. Bailey (founder of the Moisture Festival who just so happens to have family links with Glasgow).

There will be plenty of chances to clown around (Image: David Rose Photography)

The Moisture-inspired events run from August 4 - 7.

For more information - or to book tickets to any of the events - visit the Britannia Panopticon website or call their box office on 0141 553 0840.